Horseshoe.



E. K KISO. HoRsrBsHolaI I "Patented Feb. 25; 1913.

ABPLIMTION FILED JAlLzo. 191i. v

WITNESS/55' Henry K Kiso .er ggg:

` Anon/vers v um I HENRY K. KISO. 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Manhattan. inthe county andv State of New York, have invented a new 4and Improved Horseshoe, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

Mv invention relates to an overslioe for' horses and other animals.

An object of vmy invention is to provide an overshoe to lit on the hoof of an animal over the ordinary shoe. in order to prevent slipping or sliding on ice or wet pavements, and which is so constructed that the different parts may be readily attached together and to the hoof ofthe animal, said overshoe being so arranged that the different parts brace one another and readily conform to the configuration of the hoof. I attain this object by placing a reinforced pad under the hoof and fasten this pad to the hoof b v means of a particular framework and straps.,

lViththe above and other objects in view.

as will morefully hereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of ,parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings. and more particularly point-ed 4out in the appended claims. V Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming ay part of this specifioation, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation showing a preferred embodiment of my invention attached to the hoof of an animal; Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view looking down on my overslioe; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the center of my shoe; and Fig. Je is a detailed perspective view showing the reinforcementfor the pad detached from the shoe.

In the above illustrations, I have shown a hoof having the ordinary forni of shoe B, held by the horseshoe nails C, and over which is positioned a preferred embodiment of my improved overshoe.` i

The pad 1 comprises a 1thickness of rubber or some similar resilient material, conforming substantially to the contour of -the hoof, and diffused throughout this pad is a series of woven wires having more or less Specification of Letters Patent. applicati@ ined January 2o, i911.

Patented Feb. 25, 1 913. Serial No. 603,633,

resiliency7 and having a net-like appearance, being interwoven and interinated throughout the body of the pad, so that as the lower portion of the rubber is slightly worn away. the embedded woven wires lwill be brought flush with the bottoni ofthe shoe. to act aw an anti-slipping surface, thereby preventing any slipping between the pad and the shoe on an icyVsnowy or slippery surface. Centrally disposed in this pad is a reinforcementI S, preferably of soine metallic substance, substantially U-shaped in configuration, having sides 4 and 5, from each of which projects an ,upwardly-extending flange 6 above the upper surface of the pad 1. Extending through the flange tifare a number of apertures 7, for a purpose hereinafter described. a longitudinally-extending rib 9. extending longitudinallyfrom the crotch of the U- shaped ineniber centrally through the flexible member, and terminating in a broad bearing plate 10, the end of which plate has an integrally-fornied hook 12, which hook projects above' the surface of the pad 1. The flange G-has formed on its edge opposite the hook 1Q, an oppositely-disposed hook 13, fo-r -a purpose hereinafter described.

Positioned above the flange 6 is an upper franiework :2, preferably of metal, tending up some considerable distance in front of the hook, as shown at 14, and converging downward to the rear edge ofthe flange as shown at 15. The. lower edge of the framework hasperfor-ations 1G aliiied with the perforations 'i' iii-thc flange. G, and the framework held to the pad 1 by pins '1T passing through the apertures T and 16, as shown in Fig. 3. The front 14 of the framework 9. converges upward and terminates in a hook 1S. through which passes a strap 3 encircling the upper part. of the hoof. and held at the rear by means of the hook 1Q. The ends of this strap 3 are held together by a buckle connection 19. whereby theshoe may be adjusted to different sized hooks. Positioned on opposite' sides toward the rear of this strap, are lugs 2O and 21. carrying projecting ears and Q3. from which is suspended a flexible connection Q4- frainework 2, whereby the encirclingstrap :the framework. j j j Having t-hus described 'my invention, `I j l,

engaging hooks 25 at.the end' 15 of the- 3 is firni'ly attached to and spaced above?v This reinforcement S has tion 'with said framework.

claini,as new, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent:'v j

- 1. Inan overslioe to be positioned on the 'hoof of'l n animal, a'. bottom .member, a uframewor positioned on said bottom meuh, ber, and a flexlble binding means encircling vthe-,ho and connecting different parts-0f said framework and adapted to hold saidv bottomv member and framework to the hoof, and a flexible connection attached fto said binding ,means and having a ysliding connec- 2. A horseshoe-compmsing ajpad, a U

shaped reinforcement 1n said pad, said reinforcement .having a longitudinally extendingrib integral with the reinforcement and disposed between.l the legs of the U, said rib terminating in a'broad bearing platev .haring a Ahook end extending above'the top of the'pad,l and means' engaging said hooked end whereby the shoe may be attached to the hoof.

3. In a 'horseshoe comprising a' resilient pad hating a reinforcement therein and pro-'.

jecting therefrom, hooks on said. projecting ing from. said reinforcement and conforming ',in configuration to the hoof ofthe animabsaid reinforcement comprising a longi'tudil nelly-extending. rib, and means attached to' said flanges'and rib, whereby the bottom member is removably fastened to said-hoof.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this-specification in't-heVpresence of two subscribing witnesses.v

- HENRY K. KSO. Witnesses:

-W. S.v Onion,

v PHILIP'D. RoLLHAUs. 

